Sims Freeplay | Outdoors Update | Opening The Picnic Area

After completing The Vacationer's Guide To The Outdoors quest the picnic area of Deer Spring Falls becomes available. (Note: this only becomes available on/after 26 June 2015)

To open the picnic area you need to click on the gate and build it.  Once you've opened it there's a clean up operation you need to complete (much like Sunset Mall and the Restaurant).  I recommend getting over as many Sims as possible to complete the clean up as it will speed it up. 

The following tasks must be completed:

• 1x trash 15 mins
• 7x trash 45 mins
• 3x trash 1 hour 30 mins
• 1x broken lantern 3 hours 30 mins
• 6x jerrycan 4 hours 30 mins
• 1x trash 6 hours 30 mins
• 2x trash 8 hours 30 mins
• 2x gas bottles 10 hours 30 mins

Once you've finished cleaning up the area you can begin the Survivalist hobby by tapping on the survivalist gear.  There is a 7 day limited time hobby prize which unlocks a picnic blanket in the area.  To win the picnic blanket you must find all of the Survivalist collectibles within 7 days of unlocking the hobby.

Now the picnic area is built and cleaned up you can build different areas:

• birdfeeder near the toilets 3 hours 30 mins - 25,000
• birdfeeder by BBQ 4 hours 30 mins - 30,000
• birdfeeder between bridge and picnic 5 hours 30 mins 40,000
• lookout spot 12 hours 30 mins 65,000

The next area of Deer Spring Falls is across the bridge and will be available from Thursday 9 July.

Sims Freeplay | Teacher Career

Before you can become a Teacher you must build the Elementary School (time and cost varies) which is part of the Preparing For Preteens Quest

There are 5 levels of each career and you will earn you more money and XP as you progress through the levels.

The levels of the Teacher career are:

1. Dunce - which you earn $650 and 592XP for each day a work.
2. Class Clown - which you earn $700 and 900XP for each day at work.
3. Teaching Student- which you earn $800 and 1345XP for each day at work.
4. Teachers Aide - which you earn $895 and 1708XP for each day at work.
5. Preschool Teacher - which you earn $1045 and 1955XP for each day at work.

You can purchase the Teachers Blackboard from Promotions R Us to help you in this career.

Sims Freeplay Bird Feeding Quest

Level Required 24
Unlocks Bird feeding hobby
Time Limit 6 days

Limited Time Prize Uncaged bird

 

The Bird Feeding quest unlocks at level 24 and there is a time limit of 6 days if you want to win the limit time prize of an uncaged bird.

 

 

 

Once you've completed the quest you will be able to take part in the Bird Feeding hobby. The limited time prize of the uncaged bird can be found in the Pet section of the Home store for $2,500 (the Parrot on a Perch)

 

The next quest is the Quilting quest.

 

Sims Freeplay | Scientist

Before you can become a Scientist you must build the Science Lab.

There are 5 levels of each career and you will earn you more money and XP as you progress through the levels.

The levels of the Scientist career are:

1. Test Subject - which you earn $1060 and 420XP for each day a work.
2. Lab Assistant - which you earn $1160 and 854XP for each day at work.
3. Science Teacher- which you earn $1260 and 1025XP for each day at work.
4. Inventor - which you earn $1380 and 1320XP for each day at work.
5. Mad Scientist - which you earn $1440 and 1560XP for each day at work.

You can purchase a Telescope from Promotions R Us to help you in this career.

Sims Freeplay | A Dance To Remember Quest

LEVEL REQUIRED | 9
UNLOCKS | Salsa dancing hobby
TIME LIMIT | 7 Days
PRIZE | Rugs

This is a discoverable quest which means it won't just pop up for you to complete you have to 'discover' it.  To begin the quest head over to the park and over by the thinking man statue you will see two dancers. Click the ! above their heads to start the quest.

 

 Watch the quest walkthrough here

The three dancers at the park that you need to assess - Prince Albert, Montana Jones and a Mummy

 

Go to the top of the park to find the red car which will take you to the Latin Villa

 

My Sims at the Latin Villa learning to Salsa dance with the Fantasias

 

 

 

Once you complete the quest you unlock the Salsa Dancing hobby which you will need to complete in 7 days to unlock the Latin Villa.  The Jukebox that you need to take part in Salsa Dancing can be bought from the Promotions R Us store for $5,000.

 

 

The limited time prize are 9 different rugs.  I was really pleased to get something like this in the game but unfortunately I don't think the designs are that wonderful and they don't really go with anything in the game.  They also cost SP to buy which I always have trouble getting so I probably won't be having many rugs in my town.  What do you think of the rugs?  Did you like them?

 

 

 

Sims Freeplay | Seniors Quest

LEVEL UNLOCKS | 23

UNLOCKS | Seniors
TIME LIMIT | 6 days
PRIZE | Exercise Bike

 

 

This quest unlocks at level 23 and will bring Seniors to your town.  There is a time limit of 6 days if you'd like to win the limited time prize of the exercise bikes.

 

 

Simon Hancock investigating the door in the park

 

The limited time prize of the exercise bikes can be found in the electronics section of the home store and costs $15,000.  It's a nice addition to have to place in your houses and Seniors, Adults and Teens can use it.

 

The next quest is the Bird Feeding Quest.

 

Sims Freeplay Unfurnished Studio Prebuilt Houses

The Unfurnished Studio is definitely one of those houses you build early on in the game.  As you can tell by it's title it's a very small house with one floor and three small rooms.  This confuses me slightly as to me studios are only one room with a separate bathroom but never mind.

As the name suggests it is unfurnished with only a few kitchen work surfaces and a toilet and sink in the bathroom.  This house could be ideal for a single person or even a couple just starting out with not much money. 

The walls and floor are also undecorated so you can be creative with this building and decorate however you want.  Thee is also a lot of space around the house where you can expand.

What do you think of the house? Have you built it in your town? If so I'd love to see how you've decorated or expanded it.  Go ahead to my facebook page and post a picture of your design.

Sims Freeplay | Vacationer's Guide To The Outdoors Quest

Level Required 11
Unlocks Campsite
Time Limit 7 days
Limited Time Prize Sleeping Bags

 

 

The Great Outdoors Update arrived to Sims Freeplay on 15th June 2015 and there is a new discoverable quest to go along with this update - The Vacationer's Guide To The Outdoors.  This quest begins when you build the new Deer Springs Falls Campgrounds which is over by the Snow Park and Community Center on the main island.  You must be level 11 or over to complete this quest.

Let's take a look at the tasks you are required to do to compelte this quest.

The answer to the Rangers first puzzle is 'Plants'

The answer to the tracking puzzle is 'BBQ'

Watch the quest walkthrough here
 

 

 

Once you've completed this quest you will gain access to the Picnic Area and if you complete it within the 7 days you will get sleeping bags to use in your builds.


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Sims Freeplay | Great Outdoors Update

Sims Freeplay have released the teaser trailer for the next update due on June 15th 2015.  This update will be the Great Outdoors Update.

 

 

Let's take a look at what will be included in the update.

• A new campground on the main island called Deer Spring Falls which you will be able to build from level 11+
• A new quest - The Vacationer's Guide To The Outdoors Quest
• Two new hobbies - the Storyteller hobby and the Survivalist hobby
• Sleeping bag and toasting fire pit limited time prizes

 The update will be released in stages

•  June 15 - You can build Deer Spring Falls campground and begin The Vacationer's Guide To The Outdoors quest
• June 26 - The Picnic Area is available to build at the campgrounds.  This gives access to the Survivalist hobby
• July 7 - The Bridge is available to build at the campgrounds.

 

 

Sims Freeplay Life Dreams & Legacies Hints & Tips

Once you complete the Life Dreams & Legacies quest everything changes for your Sims.  You no longer control when they age up by baking a birthday cake and giving it them to age them up a life stage.  Sims now automatically age as you play the game and as they complete actions.  Let's look at this in more detail.

How long is each life stage?
This varies and really depends on how 'busy' your Sim is.  If your Sim is constantly doing actions these are the rough times of each life stage.

• Baby - 24 hours
• Toddler - 3 days
• Preteen - 5 days
• Teenager - 8 days
• Adult - 18 days
• Senior - 10 days

These are the times I've found whilst playing the game but please remember this is just a guide and it may be shorter or longer for you if your Sim completes more or less actions than mine.

I don't want my Sims to age! Can I stop it?
Well, you can either not do the quest or use orbs.
When you use orbs, the length of time you can pause the age will depend on which orb you use.

• Bronze orbs - 3 days
• Silver orbs - 7 days
• Gold orbs - 16 days
• Platinum orbs - completely paused

To pause aging go into the AGE CONTROL menu and click on the pause button of the Sim you want to pause their age.

 

Once you have done that you can allocate orbs you have earned to them.  The orb pause time does stack so, for example, if you had 4 bronze orbs like I do in this picture you can give them all to one Sim which would pause their aging for 12 days (4 bronze orbs at 3 days each, 4x3=12 days)

You keep going on about orbs, what are they and how do I get them?
 

Orbs are what you receive when you fulfil a Sims life dream.  During the Life Dreams & Legacies quest you gain your first orb when a senior Sim sadly passes away.

The process is relatively simple once you start.

From now on you can choose a personality for your Sim ,either at birth or anytime during their life. You can choose from Geeky, Animal fanatic, Entertainer or Sporty.  These personalities are the 4 different types of orbs as well.

You choose a life dream for your Sim and you need to complete this life dream to get an orb. Completing their life dream simply means completing the actions they want to do until a bar reaches 100% You have to get to 100% before your Sim dies otherwise you won't get an orb.  If your Sim dies trying to get a bronze orb they will leave no orb behind.  If you fill up their life dream to 100% you will get a bronze orb which you can then pass onto another Sim. A Sim with a bronze orb will work towards gaining a silver orb in their life dream, a Sim with a silver will work towards a gold and a Sim with a gold towards a platinum.

So, if you're Sim dies whilst trying to get a platinum orb the orb they will leave behind will be the gold they started with.

You don't have to pass on an orb to another Sim - you can build four new buildings on Mystery Island if you want.

• Sporty orbs build the beach 
• Geeky orbs build the arcade
• Entertainer orbs build the carnival
• Animal Fanatic orbs build the pet park

Orbs can also be sold.  If you place them in your inventory you can sell them from there.  There are a fantastic way of making some money if you have spare ones although I wouldn't recommend selling them in the beginning as you'll probably want them for the new buildings and for working up to platinum.  If you do want to sell them these are the selling prices.

• Platinum - S300,000
• Gold - S180,000
• Silver - S90,000
• Bronze - S40,000

Orb Hints

• Orbs can't be passed on until a Sim has died.
• You can pass orbs onto Sims created before you completed the quest through the wardrobe.
• I recommend always picking up orbs in 'buy' mode and placing it in your inventory - you can then choose what you want to do with it.

Hang on! How do my Sims get life dreams?
You need to give them a personality first. This can be done in the wardrobe for any Sims created before you complete the task or at birth for new Sims.
There is a new Life Dreams tab, just click on it and choose their personality.

 

As you can see I've chosen a Geek personality for this Sim and I have some silver and gold Geeky orbs in my inventory.  I gave this Sim a gold geeky orb so that during his life dream he will work towards getting a platinum geeky orb. 

 

You don't have to have any of the orbs to give your Sim to choose that personality. If you want your Sim to be an entertainer but haven't got any entertainer orbs just choose the entertainer personality and your Sim will work towards a bronze entertainer orb during their life dream.

 

Once you have chosen your Sims personality in the wardrobe, click the Sim tracker and find the new 'Life Dream' tab - it looks like a cloud or a thinking bubble with a star in the middle. Here is where you assign your Sims life dream.

 

Click choose a life dream and you have three different actions you can complete for your life dream so just pick whichever one you would like to do.

 How much does it cost to reverse or advance ageing?

All Sims will age on there own without it costing you anything but for any reason if you would like to reverse or advance their ageing here are the costs before their particular age is completed.

REVERSE COST                                                                   ADVANCE COST
                     1LP                Baby       to      Toddler               2LP
                     2LP             Toddler      to      Preteen                4LP
                     3LP            Preteen        to      Teenager            6LP
                     5LP          Teenager      to       Adult                   8LP
                  10LP              Adult         to       Senior                 18LP
                     6LP              Senior       to       Death                  10LP

Reversing the ageing process will not take you back to the previous age stage (i.e. if your Sim is an adult and about to turn into a Senior by reversing the age process your Sim won't become a teenager but go back to the beginning of being an adult)

Advancing the ageing process will take your Sim to its next life stage (i.e. if your Sim is a toddler and you want it to become a preteen quickly you can pay to turn it into a preteen Sim)

You can still use a birthday cake to advance a Sims life stage. A birthday cake costs 5LP and takes 24 hours to bake so it would only be beneficial to use for teenagers, adults and seniors as it is a cheaper alternative than using the age control.

Once a Sim completes a particular age phase i.e. toddler, adult etc you can still reverse the ageing process but it may cost you more than if your Sim is only part way through that particular age phase depending on what age phase you want to reverse.

                                    REVERSE COST
Baby                            2LP
Toddler                       4 LP
Preteen                        6LP
Teenager                     8LP
Adult                           18LP
Senior                          10LP

What do I do if I have no orbs but I don’t want my sim to age?
Your Sims timers only go up when they are completing actions so if you don't get your Sim to do anything their timer won't advance.  Eventually you will have to fulfil their needs though so pick tasks that take a short time.  Also, what's the point of having a Sim that you can't do anything with? I'd strongly suggest getting some orbs and fast!

If you have a particular favourite Sim that you really want to keep you could have them do nothing whilst another Sim works on getting an orb to slow their ageing process down.

One of my sims has just died and all their friends and family members are sad. What can I do about it?

Your Sims need time to grieve for their loved one or reminisce with another Sim.  They will be depressed for a few hours though. Come on give them a break - let them grieve!

 

Sims Freeplay | Figure Skating Hobby

Who can take part in figure skating?

Adults, Teens and Preteens

How can I figure skate?
To begin this hobby you must build the Snow Park.

Where can I figure skate?
You can figure skate at the Snow Park on the ice hockey court. There are round darker patches in the ice and if you click on them you will get the figure skating option.
If you have a weather machine on any of your lots you can figure skate on a swimming pool.  You need to set the weather machine to snow which will turn the water in the swimming pool to ice.

What will I unlock?
When you complete the figure skating collection for the first time you will gain access to the ski lift at the Snow Park which allows you to snowboard and sleigh.

What is the figure skating option?
There used to be four options for figure skating but this was changed with the Dream Homes Update to only one option of Figure Skating- 12 hours. This is possibly because of the Figure Skating Event which was part of the update and it may revert to four options after the event.

How do I collect medals?
To collect the medals you need to skate on the ice.  Click the ice either at the Snow Park or on a frozen swimming pool and 'Figure Skate' When you finish figure skating click the '!' above your Sim and you will receive a medal.  As you improve your figure skating skill new medals will become available to collect.

What are the figure skating skill levels?

1. Amateur
2. Rarely upright
3. Semi Skilled
4. Skilled
5. Advanced
6. Skater Prestige

What medals are there to collect?

Level 1 medals are:
Final Momeny of Dignity
Silver Stumble
The Golden Spiral

Level 2 is:
Platinum Princess

Level 3 are:
Encouragement Award
Coveted Topple

Level 4 are:
Heavenly Peak
The G. Grandeur

Level 5 are:
Blind Goose
Silver Teapot

Level 6 are:
Rare Swan
Simtown Splendour

What do I win?

• The first time you complete the collection you unlock to key to the ski lift at the snow park, this allows you to snowboard and use the sleigh.
• The second time you complete the collection you unlock the figure skating outfit which can be found in the fashion and fancy dress shop.
• The third time you complete the collection you receive 3 LPs.

What if I can't find one of the medals?
Just keep going I'm afraid! There is no skill or special trick to collecting all the medals. It is completely random with one you receive.

How do I start the collection again?
Once you have finished the collection you can click skate again at the bottom of the medals list to start over.

Sims Freeplay | Figure Skating Event

REQUIREMENTS | Level 16+, Snow Park

The Figure Skating Event is the last part of the Dream Homes Update and begins on 5 June 2015.

When you open your game the event will start automatically and you will see the above pop up. You can choose not to take part or start yet by clicking no. Clicking yes will reset your Figure Skating hobby collection.

The time limit for this event is 9 days and you have to complete one collection of the Figure Skating collectibles.

The figure skating options was changed with the update to only one choice 'figure skate' for 12 hours.

The prizes for completing this event are

Basketball court - used by preteens only - 1 min 30 secs

Putting Green -used by teens, adults and seniors - 2 mins 24 secs

Ping Pong Table - used by preteens, teens, adults and seniors - practise alone 1 min, play with another Sim 10 mins

Get your skates on and start collecting.